Freedom of Information Act 2000 Request

Information into the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005

Request

Agreements made under ss. 71-74 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (SOCPA) by the CPS.

I would like to have a set of specific, discrete data, please:

(i) How many 'full immunity notice' agreements were made by the CPS under s.71 SOCPA for the time period 1 April 2019 to 30 September 2019 and for the time period to 1 October 2019 to 31 March 2020?

(ii) How many 'restricted-use undertaking' agreements were made by the CPS under s.72 SOCPA for the time period 1 April 2019 to 30 September 2019 and for the time period to 1 October 2019 to 31 March 2020?

(iii) How many 'co-operating witness' agreements were made by the CPS under s.73 SOCPA for the time period 1 April 2019 to 30 September 2019 and for the time period to 1 October 2019 to 31 March 2020?

(iv) How many 'sentence review' agreements were made by the CPS under s.74 SOCPA for the time period 1 April 2019 to 30 September 2019 and for the time period to 1 October 2019 to 31 March 2020?

Response

In response to your questions above, the information you have requested is publically available on the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) website and therefore withheld under section 21 ‘Information accessible to applicant by other means of the FOI Act. Please see attached section 17 notice which explains these exemptions in further details. I refer to the below link which holds the data outlined within the scope of your request for the financial year April 2019 to September 2019.

https://www.cps.gov.uk/socpa-information

Please note the data for 01 October to 31 March 2020 will not be published until at least by spring 2020 and therefore is exempt under section 22(1) - information intended for future publication of the FOI Act. Please see attached section 17 notice which explains these exemptions in further details.

Information Management Unit 020 3357 0788 IMU@cps.gov.uk